Nashville International in February 2025

80.4%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,912 domestic departures from Nashville International (BNA). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so BNA departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 7,010 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of −7.0 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at BNA that month were on time 80.2% of the time (6,909 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from BNA in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	BNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	80.4%	87.4%	71.0%	79.2%
Arrived on time	80.2%	87.2%	74.4%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.2%	1.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.2 min	8.6 min	18.0 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	230	234	300	16,830
Scheduled departures	6,912	7,010	109,436	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,641	53%	84.0%	-1.8 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	549	8%	87.8%	-5.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	539	8%	71.8%	9.4 min	3.5%
AA American Airlines	525	8%	78.5%	9.5 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	385	6%	82.3%	0.6 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	318	5%	78.3%	11.1 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	271	4%	40.2%	36.2 min	17.7%
MQ Envoy Air	230	3%	77.8%	8.1 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	198	3%	83.3%	-3.4 min	1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	98	1%	77.6%	28.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	76	1%	69.7%	9.7 min	1.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	47	1%	68.1%	7.5 min	2.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BNA–ORD	Nashville to Chicago	366	79.0%	6.7 min	1.1%
BNA–DCA	Nashville to Washington	335	44.8%	35.1 min	9.6%
BNA–CLT	Nashville to Charlotte	305	74.1%	9.8 min	4.6%
BNA–LGA	Nashville to New York	289	78.5%	2.9 min	2.8%
BNA–ATL	Nashville to Atlanta	267	86.1%	-3.5 min	0.4%
BNA–DFW	Nashville to Dallas/Fort Worth	258	74.8%	14.3 min	1.2%
BNA–DEN	Nashville to Denver	251	81.3%	1.1 min	0.4%
BNA–MCO	Nashville to Orlando	229	85.6%	-2.2 min	1.3%
BNA–AUS	Nashville to Austin	219	82.2%	-3.5 min	0.5%
BNA–MIA	Nashville to Miami	196	78.6%	9.4 min	1.5%
BNA–PHX	Nashville to Phoenix	191	89.5%	-9.2 min	1.0%
BNA–PHL	Nashville to Philadelphia	183	77.6%	7.7 min	4.9%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.0%	33.9%	23,665
Late-arriving aircraft	42.9%	36.9%	36,271
National Aviation System	25.6%	22.5%	21,647
Extreme weather	3.3%	6.6%	2,795
Security	0.1%	0.1%	79

84,457 delay minutes on 1,249 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BNA on time in February 2025?

80.4% of 6,912 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.4% of 7,010 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 1.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BNA · methodology · corrections.